Meet our Team

Cannabis Operations

Ilias Kammenos & Panagiotis “Panos” Kininis – Greek Development Partners

Ilias and Panagiotis “Panos” Kininis are co-founders of Greekkannabis and Greekkaya, our Greek joint ventures that collectively hold two licenses from the Greek government to develop production and processing facilities for medical cannabis in Greece:

Ilias is the CEO of I. Kammenos Group of companies, with holdings in the automotive, real estate and tourism sectors. He is the scion of a prominent Greek family active in business and politics, including his father, Panagiotis “Panos” Kammenos, who recently competed his service as the Greek Minister of Defense. Ilias brings his family’s generations’ old commitment to business excellence to the newly legalized cannabis sector in Greece, continuing a tradition of his grandparents – being at the vanguard of new and exciting industries. Ilias gained experience as a management consultant while completing his master’s degree in management studies at Boston University in Massachusetts, United States, where he provided service to Fidelity Investments and Thermo Fisher Scientific in areas of revenue improvement through technology and human resource tactics to improve employee mobility. In Greece Ilias has both worked for his family’s group of companies as well as outside companies, balancing obligation with opportunity. In this spirit, Ilias has worked with the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, FAGE Dairies (a family owned international food enterprise), and the KLW Import-Export Company.

Panos began his entrepreneurial path as the Managing Member of Zogopoulos Bros., a distinct enterprise serving the construction and interior design sectors. Turning his attention to melding his academic pursuits with his instinctive business drive, Panos served as a Scientific Advisory to Ambrosia Pet Foods, where he assisted in developing recipes for dry pet nutrition. As a student Panos also Co-founded and managed AgroOperations, Ltd., which developed an innovative hydroponics project to extract higher yields. Panos is a veteran of the Greek Armed Forces, where he served with honor as Assistant of the Directorate of the Press and Public Information.While studying for his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Sciences and Master of Science degree in Biotechnology (both at the Agricultural University of Athens), Panos became aware of and excited by the medicinal and commercial potential of cannabis.

Ben Temer – U.S. Brands Ambassador

Ben has been involved in the healthcare sector most of his professional career. He has served as an administrator for Brooklyn, N.Y. based Amerihealth Medical Corp. and was a service representative for New York Medical Imaging. Ben co-founded Florida based Total Holistic Center, a chain of medical offices offering cannabis based and other alternative treatments to remedy a wide range of pathologies and discomforts and is the founder and Chairman of the International Jewish Cannabis Association.

Corporate Governance

Serving with Craig Frank on the Company’s Boards:

Carrie Schwarz – Board Member, Kaya Holdings, Inc.

Carrie, who became a director in January 2010, served as a Portfolio Manager at Metropolitan Capital, a New York based hedge fund until 2017 when she founded a hi-tech company. From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Schwarz was an executive at Bank of America Securities, where she built and managed a proprietary Risk Arbitrage Department. From 1991 to 1999 she founded and managed Athena Investment Partners, L.P., a hedge fund that focused on special situations. Prior thereto, she was with American Porters, L.P., a hedge fund that focused on risk arbitrage, which she joined as a junior analyst in 1995 and ultimately rose to become Head of Research and a partner. Ms. Schwarz serves on the board of directors of the American Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Mitchell Chupak –Board Member, Kaya Holdings, Inc.

Mitch resides in Israel since 1972. Throughout the years, since 1980, Mitch has been involved with development and management of incoming tours and conferences to Israel. The tours and conferences are developed for special interest groups, non-profit fundraising organizations, religious tours, the arts, and regular touring. Mitch is the Director of Development for the Jaffa Institute, the largest social service agency serving Jaffa, South Tel Aviv, and Bet Shemesh. For the past 25 years, Mitch has grown the organization extensively and is responsible for the development of major social service, educational, and community projects by securing millions of dollars in funding. Mitch developed funding sources worldwide and created major donors in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and South America. In 2005 Mitch created the Israel Fundraisers Forum to assist other non-profit organizations to better understand methods of fundraising. The forum promotes professionalism in fundraising and development and assists both organizations and individual fundraisers to improve the methods of the profession. Today the Israel Fundraisers Forum includes over 100 organizations and meets once a month. Mitch is active in his community and serves on several organization committees.

Glenn Murphy – Board Member, Fifth Dimension Therapeutics, Inc.

Glenn is a founding board member of Fifth Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. He has a deep understanding of intellectual property law gained in over 35 years of private and corporate law practice. Glenn has served multinational companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical arts, including more than ten years as a senior patent attorney with a major European multinational chemical and consumer products company. Glenn’s experience brings a unique skill set to our team.

His practice has touched many aspects of intellectual property law, focusing on patent preparation, prosecution, and portfolio management; analysis and counseling on issues of patent validity and infringement; and analysis and counseling on issues of intellectual property relating to contracts and corporate transactions, including licensing and M&A. In addition to drafting and prosecuting patent applications filed in the U.S. and foreign patent offices, Glenn has briefed and argued before the U.S. Patent Office Board of Appeals, assisted with briefing and argument of appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and participated in bench and jury trials in the U.S. District Courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Joseph Gayer – Board Member, Fifth Dimension Therapeutics, Inc.

Joseph is a founding partner of the international law firm Zysman, Aharoni, and Gayer. He is a prominent expert in a number of legal fields, including commercial litigation and contract law, representing clients on both domestic and international matters.

Joseph’s litigation practice has yielded many legal precedents that have influenced the status of professional athletes, both in Israel and abroad, with respect to their rights vis-a-vis employers, sports authorities, and various statutory institutes. In addition, Joseph is an expert in various property aspects of sports laws, such as broadcasting privileges, intellectual property, property law, and other issues related to professional sports.

Joseph lectures at the Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya.

Providing Financial Operations Support, Auditing and Legal Services:

L&L CPAs, PA – Outsource CFO Services, Kaya Holdings, Inc.

L&L CPAs has provided bookkeeping services and prepared the consolidated financial statements of Kaya Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries since 2018, and prior to that served as KAYS’ Auditors since 2015.

With a focus on the preparation of SEC Filings, the team at L&L CPAs has a deep pool of experience to draw from including providing financial statement audit services to many Fortune 500 companies and promising China companies, including initial public offering (“IPO”) audits on Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, NYSE, and NASDAQ, as well as the ability to provide a broad array of services including audits, tax preparation, risk assessment, financial statements preparation and pro forma financial information.

M&K CPAS, PLLC- Public Company Auditor, Kaya Holdings, Inc.

M&K CPAS, PLLC has served as the SEC Auditors for Kaya Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries since 2018. As a Houston PCAOB registered firm, M&K CPAS, PLLC maintains the highest standard of expertise and service.

Each year they audit the balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, cash flows, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”) for the year then ended. Based on their audit, they issue a written report on Kaya Holdings, Inc.’s financial statements and schedules supporting the financial statements, all of which are to be included in the annual report (Form 10-K) proposed to be filed by Kaya Holdings, Inc. under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Dale Bergman – Securities Counsel, Kaya Holdings, Inc.

Dale has served as the Company’s SEC Counsel since it filed its S-1 Registration Statement in October, 2011. He has proved to be invaluable to the Company over the past 13 years that he has served as a trusted advisor to Kaya Holdings in both General and Securities related matters.

Dale is a partner at the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois, Vice-Chair of the Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Practice. As a vice-chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, Mr. Bergman focuses in the areas of corporate, business, and securities transactions.

Throughout his 40+ year legal career, Mr. Bergman has maintained a diverse client base that has included companies in the United States, Israel, Europe, and Hong Kong. Fluent in Hebrew, he represents entrepreneurial, middle market, and institutional clients across various industries such as biotech, manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, retail, and hospitality. He has extensive experience structuring a variety of domestic and international commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, stock purchases, asset purchases, private equity and venture capital investments, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and loan transactions.

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